Grilled stone fruit like peaches and plums served over baby greens with walnuts and a sweet honey goat cheese dressing, this salad is light and delicious!
Grilled Stone Fruit Salad with Honey Goat Cheese Dressing
This summer salad uses some of my favorite fruits. A few of my other favorite easy summer fruit salads are Grilled Peach and Watermelon Burrata Salad, Berry Salad with Almond – Cranberry Crusted Goat Cheese, and Prosciutto Mozzarella and Fig Salad with Arugula.
While I hate to think of summer as having an expiration date, the fact
that it’s coming close to the end has me savoring every last moment. I’m a little excited about the change of seasons, but I always mourn the end of summer. So I’m trying to enjoy every last bit of summer’s bounty.
Grilled Stone Fruit Salad with Honey Goat Cheese Dressing
Ingredients
For the Honey Goat Cheese Dressing:
- 2.5 oz fresh creamy goat cheese room temperature
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1/2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 tbsp water
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the salad:
- 6 cups mixed baby greens
- 2 ripe medium peaches halved and sliced into wedges
- 2 medium ripe plums halved and sliced into wedges
- 24 walnut or pecan halves
Instructions
- In a small blender, combine goat cheese, honey, olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, water and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Mix until fully combined and creamy and refrigerate until ready to use. Makes about 1/2 cup.
- Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat.
- When hot spray lightly with oil and grill the fruit about 1 minute, or until char marks form on the flesh.
- Divide the greens between 4 plates, top with fruit and nuts and drizzle 2 tablespoons of dressing over everything.
This was so easy and perfect for a hot summer day. I served it with some leftover corn muffins from a Weight Watchers recipe.
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Loved this salad! Delicious and easy to make. My family loves goat cheese so this dressing was a hit. I added cooked quinoa to the salad for something a little extra. I love your recipes and that they are Weight Watcher friendly. Thank you!Â
Has anyone tried grilling the fruit in advance, and chilling it? I am bringing this to a party on Sunday, and I'd rather not ask to use the hostess' grill or stove (grill pan) if it'll still turn out okay when pre-grilled! Thanks for another beautiful post, Gina!
Was wondering the same thing. How did it turn out?
I made this salad for dinner tonight, and it was so simple yet so tasty! Love the dressing. I have enough dressing & greens to make it again tomorrow night, I can't wait! 🙂 Thanks for sharing a fantastic recipe!
Great recipe for summer entertaining, Gina! Thanks for sharing. It was so nice to meet you at BlogHer this past weekend. fruit salad recipe.